Your First, Not A gun

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 02:28 PM

YOUR First Car! I came across this picture of me driving my moms' 1968 Chevy Malibu with a 283 HP. Tag RXB-908. First thing I installed an 8 track in the glove. The one picture united me with a past 40 years ago. I would invite all to post your beloved past.~~~Eric

Vlim · 08-26-2013, 03:06 PM

I'm still trying to forget my first car, an Opel 1.3s from 1980.

I'll show my first 'real' car instead (still own it after 15 years now). The first photo was taken in 2001, when my 500SEL was the first W126 series S-Class to be shown as a club car at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany.

The other photo was taken at the Bremen Classic motorshow where it was on display in 2009.

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:09 PM

How was the Autobahn?

Vlim · 08-26-2013, 03:15 PM

Not as fun as it used to be. They invented laser guns and speed limits during the last decade.

But it's still a good cruiser at an average 160kph. Top speed a respectable 225kph, not bad for a 30-year old car

Ron Wood · 08-26-2013, 03:18 PM

Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me!

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me!

A TET survivor!!!!!!

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:18 PM

Do they serve beer at you rest stops??

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:20 PM

Ron that is simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!both you and the car!

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:30 PM

I have a bit earlier, if I can find it.

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:33 PM

God Bless You Both!!

Zorba · 08-26-2013, 03:40 PM

Its not a real car, unless it bears the 3 pointed star.

Learned on a '71 MBZ 220D - AND - a '63 1 ton GMC. Still carry a torch for that old truck.

Owned a '74 240D, and now an '85 300SD (W126) for the last 13 years.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:38 PM

On Boot Camp graduation day, all the wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers gathered around me. 1970, I haven't changed a bit.

John Sabato · 08-27-2013, 09:16 AM

Not my actual car. (wish I had a photo of it and me back then!)

Mine was green. I paid $50.00 for it in 1966. It had 56,000 miles on it and It smoked like I was fogging for misquitoes... Took me and my Dad a couple of weekends to find and replace a couple of burnt valves, and a blown seal in the automatic transmission that was allowing transmission fluid to be vacuumed into the carburetor. (transmission used a vacuum assisted advance to change gears... that's what caused all the smoke!)

Was t-boned and totaled by an uninsured guy running a stop sign in 1967...

Noncomretired,

You look just like the Drill Sergeant I had in 1967... at Fort Bragg. (E-7-2) He had unbelieveable stamina. He would go to town or the club and drink till they closed... then come back to the baracks about 3AM, and fall asleep in front of the TV, then get up at 5AM and kick our butts ALL DAY LONG !!! ...and then do it all again!

NoncomRetired · 08-27-2013, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

Not my actual car. (wish I had a photo of it and me back then!)

Mine was green. I paid $50.00 for it in 1966. It had 56,000 miles on it and It smoked like I was fogging for misquitoes... Took me and my Dad a couple of weekends to find and replace a couple of burnt valves, and a blown seal in the automatic transmission that was allowing transmission fluid to be vacuumed into the carburetor. (transmission used a vacuum assisted advance to change gears... that's what caused all the smoke!)

Was t-boned and totaled by an uninsured guy running a stop sign in 1967...

Noncomretired,

You look just like the Drill Sergeant I had in 1967... at Fort Bragg. (E-7-2) He had unbelieveable stamina. He would go to town or the club and drink till they closed... then come back to the baracks about 3AM, and fall asleep in front of the TV, then get up at 5AM and kick our butts ALL DAY LONG !!! ...and then do it all again!

Not me John, I was a Drill at Ft Campbell, Mar 70-Oct 72, Ft Wood, Oct 72- July 75. I've had a lot of twins it seems around the world, one got me in a lot of crap when I living in Dunoon, Scotland, didn't pay his bills, womanized, it was a Navy Sub Base, Holyloch. I got kicked out of some places and my face slapped by a few women and one gal was pregnant. Never did come face to face with him.

As for unbelievable stamina.... I've been accused of having that too all my life by all 'my' lady friends.

My first car was a 49 Ford sedan, I had to sell it before I could drive it, I was 16, I didn't make enough money that summer to pay for the car and my school books and clothes. Next year I got a 54 Chevy sedan on my 17th birthday, first day I drove it, it was to school a wild woman hit me in the driver side rear, that happened on a Friday, I was at the recruiter that Monday. My first cars bring back bad memories and a mother of all pessimist. My classic cars came after I established my own life on my own.

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 03:42 PM

My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform"

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:53 PM

I landed in March 4th 1968, in the middle of Tet, this was taken about four months later. My wife, at that time, was superimposed in the lower left corner in her wedding dress. I was sure a happy camper when photoshop came along.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform"

They sure were and I didn't complain.................

cirelaw · 08-26-2013, 05:15 PM

Wasn't that their holy New Years!

ithacaartist · 08-26-2013, 05:23 PM

If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61.

If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.

NoncomRetired · 08-26-2013, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61.

If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away.

That is sharp!!!!!!!

08-26-2013, 02:28 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Your First, Not A gun YOUR First Car! I came across this picture of me driving my moms' 1968 Chevy Malibu with a 283 HP. Tag RXB-908. First thing I installed an 8 track in the glove. The one picture united me with a past 40 years ago. I would invite all to post your beloved past.~~~Eric Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 03:06 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,045 Thanks: 1,034 Thanked 3,936 Times in 1,196 Posts	I'm still trying to forget my first car, an Opel 1.3s from 1980. I'll show my first 'real' car instead (still own it after 15 years now). The first photo was taken in 2001, when my 500SEL was the first W126 series S-Class to be shown as a club car at the Techno Classica in Essen, Germany. The other photo was taken at the Bremen Classic motorshow where it was on display in 2009. Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 03:18 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,099 Times in 1,676 Posts	Here I am in my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe just after I got back from Viet Nam (1968). I bought it in 1957, the same year I met my future wife Sarah. Both are still with me! Attached Thumbnails __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

08-27-2013, 09:16 AM	#13
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Not my actual car. (wish I had a photo of it and me back then!) Mine was green. I paid $50.00 for it in 1966. It had 56,000 miles on it and It smoked like I was fogging for misquitoes... Took me and my Dad a couple of weekends to find and replace a couple of burnt valves, and a blown seal in the automatic transmission that was allowing transmission fluid to be vacuumed into the carburetor. (transmission used a vacuum assisted advance to change gears... that's what caused all the smoke!) Was t-boned and totaled by an uninsured guy running a stop sign in 1967... Noncomretired, You look just like the Drill Sergeant I had in 1967... at Fort Bragg. (E-7-2) He had unbelieveable stamina. He would go to town or the club and drink till they closed... then come back to the baracks about 3AM, and fall asleep in front of the TV, then get up at 5AM and kick our butts ALL DAY LONG !!! ...and then do it all again! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

08-26-2013, 03:42 PM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	My father told me, "They are all suckers for a man in uniform" Attached Thumbnails

08-26-2013, 03:09 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	How was the Autobahn?

08-26-2013, 03:15 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,045 Thanks: 1,034 Thanked 3,936 Times in 1,196 Posts	Not as fun as it used to be. They invented laser guns and speed limits during the last decade. But it's still a good cruiser at an average 160kph. Top speed a respectable 225kph, not bad for a 30-year old car

08-26-2013, 03:20 PM	#8
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Ron that is simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!both you and the car!

08-26-2013, 03:30 PM	#9
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I have a bit earlier, if I can find it.

08-26-2013, 03:33 PM	#10
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	God Bless You Both!!

08-26-2013, 03:40 PM	#11
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	Its not a real car, unless it bears the 3 pointed star. Learned on a '71 MBZ 220D - AND - a '63 1 ton GMC. Still carry a torch for that old truck. Owned a '74 240D, and now an '85 300SD (W126) for the last 13 years.

08-26-2013, 03:38 PM	#12
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	On Boot Camp graduation day, all the wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers gathered around me. 1970, I haven't changed a bit.

08-26-2013, 03:53 PM	#16
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I landed in March 4th 1968, in the middle of Tet, this was taken about four months later. My wife, at that time, was superimposed in the lower left corner in her wedding dress. I was sure a happy camper when photoshop came along.

08-26-2013, 05:15 PM	#18
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Wasn't that their holy New Years!

08-26-2013, 05:23 PM	#19
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,288 Thanks: 7,035 Thanked 2,482 Times in 1,323 Posts	If the pics taken of me back in the day with my first car still exist, I have no idea where they might be. I searched the Google images available and didn't find one of an example with the same color combo--cream over silver-grey--and this one is two years newer, a '61. If you zoom on the pic, you may be able to discover the make and model. I'm guessing most of you will say, "WTF?" ... aber meine deutschen Freunde werden wissen! The distinctive lines--grille and tail lights--give it away. Attached Images __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894